Monday, June 8, 2009

I grew up eating this beauties in Chile. Here are the first blooms. The fruits look like art. Seriously. Like a beautiful eggplant with touches of white and lilac and green. They are tomatoes' cousins and taste refreshing in a hot summer day. The kind I grew up on tasted like a milder form of a lovely honeydew melon. Oh the memories.

2 comments:

It is called Pepino Dulce. That's the Spanish name but also the name the plant is known by in English-speaking countries.

The literal translation would be Sweet Cucumber.

The fruits are so gorgeous I can't wait for them to grow fat and juicy! The germination rate of my seeds was not great, out of like 8 seeds I bought only 3 made it...then another one died. Now two remain...if the fruit stays put and I can save seeds I can share with you...just remind me in the Fall if you can.

I went to your site a few days ago, your garden is looking wonderful! I goofed off when I was trying to leave you a message (yeah, again)...so then I got frustrated and thought "forget it, where is my ice cream????" ☺

Hope you are doing great & let me know if you see anything else that strikes your fancy...if you like butterflies I have cassia bahamensis and cassia candlebush seeds to share...just let me know...

HOLA!

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"I am a pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet & viewed it appreciatively instead of skeptically & dictatorially."

E. B. White

WHERE?Central Florida. Orlando area. Zone 9B-ish.

WHO?Two people crazy about all things outdoorsy.One doing most of the planting, writing and pic taking.The other lovingly supporting this typer's addiction in every conceivable way.

Plants I will not love again

**To see pics and additional info go to the top left of the blog and type the plant's name in the "search blog" box**

♠ Bolivian Sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia). Lovely IF you have the space for a gigantic shrub.♠ Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)...weedy!♠ White Buttercup- Pic posted on June 6. Lovely but becomes very weedy in the end.♠ Spider plant...in pots it is okay, but when planted on the ground...oh boy, talk about weedy!♠ Potato vine, the regular fast spreading ground cover sold in stores. Impossible to ever get rid of!

SEEDS FOR TRADE

The list is always changing...if you'd like seeds for any of the plants you see here just ask, chances are I either have some now or will gather some soon.Just post a comment and that will trigger an email to me. Blogger does not automatically trigger an email to you with my response so you'd have to come back and check it...a little work, I know, but so worth it, no? ☺

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From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas Friedman

Questioning the Millennium, Stephen Jay Gould

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